Turn-shoe.



E. F. WYLIE.

TURN SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, 19|o.-

1,169,?10. Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

unirep ear PAENT FETCH EMERSON F. 'VVYLIE, OIE PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PA'IERSON,NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Application filed October 19, 1910.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMERSON F. VVYLIE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Turn-Shoes, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of shoes and has for itsobject to improve turn shoes and facilitate certain steps in making suchshoes. As is well understood, turn shoes are assembled, pulled over,lasted and sewn while they are wrong side out and are then turned topresent the upper on the outer side and the lining on the inner side ofthe shoe. When the uppers of such shoes comprise a vamp and a tip, orhave an ornamental line of stitches to represent the tip line, the tipseam is of course hidden from view by the lining in the pulling-overoperation during which the upper is adjusted upon the last preparatoryto being fastened to the sole. When these shoes were pulled over andlasted byhand the workman was enabled by the sense of feeling while heheld the shoe in his hand to ascertain the position of the tip seam andthus to adjust the upper so that the tip seam would come in the finishedshoe in approximately the desired location. T he fact that the lininghid the tip seam from view was therefore of minor importance to him,although considerable skill and judgment were required to obtain uniformlength of tip and position of the tip seam in such work. More recently,since these turn shoes have been pulled over and lasted by the use ofmachines, the fact that the tip seam cannot be seen has proven a seriousembarrassment, particularly because it is desirable to avoid the delayrequired for the operator to feel of the shoe which is supported in themachine.

In accordance with the present invention, provision is made forrendering the tip seam position of a turn shoe visible to the operatorwhile the shoe is in the pulling-over, lasting or other machine. To thisend the lining is provided with markings to indicate the position of thetip seam in the shoe up- Specification of Letters Patent.

TURN-SHOE.

Patented Jan.25,'1l916.

Serial No. 587,944.

being the upper and 5 the tip which is joined I to the vamp portion ofthe upper by one or more lines of stitches 6 which constitute theso-called tip seam.

8 indicates the lining which, in accordance with this invention, ismarked to indicate visually to the workman, while the shoe is yet liningside out, the location of the tip seam. This marking. indicated at 10,is here represented as made by extending the stitches of the tip seamthrough the lining. In practice the tip seam marking on the lining ismade when the vamp and tip are stitched together if the tip seam is toconstitute the marking. It is obvious that instead of so doing anyspecial mark may be applied to the lining at any convenient time, saidmarking being so located and of such a character as will indicatevisually to the workman the position of the tip scam in the upper andenable him in pulling-over and lasting the shoe to adjust the upper sothat the tip seam will be presented in the desired angular andlongitudinal relation in the finished shoe.

That improvement in methods of making shoes herein disclosed is notclaimed in this application but forms the sub ect-matter of a divisionalapplication, Serial No. 9,976,.

filed February 23, 1915.

Having explained the nature of this invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a turnshoe, an upper, a lining and a tip assembled with the lining outside theupper for attachment to the sole of the shoe, said parts having meanspenetrating the lining and visible on the outer side of the itateadjustment of the shoe materials upon the last in the pulling overoperation.

- 2.111 a turn shoe, an upper-and a lining assembled with the liningoutside the upper for attachment to the sole of the shoe, said partshaving a row of tip seam stitches ex- 10 tending through the lining inposition to in- EMERSON F. WYLIE.

Titnesses ORVELL ASHTON, A THUR L. RUSSELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

